Racine Youth Dies After Wreck In Hart
A Racine youth, Howard Filarski, 15, died at St Catherine's hospital from head injuries after a southbound truck driven by Glen Adzima, 16, lost control on Highway 42 and struck seven fence posts at Alford Drive. Also injured were Adzima, Brodek, and Jagersberger. Coroner James Crossin opened an inquiry and police transferred the four youths to the hospital, with Adzima later listed in fair condition and two others released. The crash occurred 9:30 p.m. Thursday, the truck overturned and was righted by motorists before towage. The Seventy fifth street car collision was noted in a brief on the same page.
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Howard Filarski
Owen
Racine
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Alford Drive
Filarski
Glen Adzima
Twentieth Street
Highway 42
James A Crossin
Adzima
Richard Brodek
Arlington
Robert Jagersberger
St. Catherine's Hospital
Brodek
Jagersberger
Grant Tyler
Joseph Smolinski
Pike River
Billy Parker
Frank Metalski
Deps
Billups Brown
Leo Sikora
Alford
Seventy Fifth Street
Milo Kohler
Fifty Ninth Street
Spitzer Brothers
Page Hieven
Lewis Reaches Mine After 27 Die In Gas Blast
John L. Lewis arrives in West Frankfort Illinois after inspect of Old Ben Coal No. 8 mine where 27 miners perished from a gas explosion. Federal inspector William Gallagher confirms gas blast. 27 bodies recovered as rescue crews battled carbon monoxide and debris.
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Ben
West Frankfort
Ill
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Hugh White
District 12
Illinois
UMW
Dwight H. Green
Old Ben Coal Company
William Gallagher
Evansville
Ind
Harold L. Walker
Mines and Minerals
Watertown Attorney Kills Himself
Watertown attorney Kenneth E. Port, 39, former Dodge County district attorney and UW Law School graduate, killed himself with a shotgun yesterday. He is survived by his wife Emmy Lou and three young daughters. coroner William G. Brauer reported.
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Watertown
Wis
U.P
William G. Brauer
Columbia County
Kenneth E. Port
Dodge County
University of Wisconsin Law School
Port
Emmy Lou
T Day for War Vets Ends Wartime Statutes
President Truman declared the war over for veterans benefits and struck down about 175 wartime and emergency laws through SJR 123. He said some extraordinary powers remain and asked the attorney general to study ending remaining war statutes. The action terminates World War II and emergency proclamations for GI Bill programs impacting education unemployment and loan guarantees.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Clark
Generator Test at Westinghouse Kills Woman in East Pittsburgh
A generator test at the Westinghouse Electric Corp plant in East Pittsburgh is reported to have killed one woman and injured at least three others as steel fragments flew through the test section during a high speed 1100 rpm run.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Gay
Return to Zion Refugee Ship Nearing Palestine Waters
The refugee ship Return to Zion carrying about 400 illegal immigrants nears Palestine waters as the Haganah reports British destroyers on its track. They warn martial law may be imposed against Jews in the Holy Land to curb violence that has left at least 10 dead and 75 wounded in nine days.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Natanya
Paris
Palestine
France
Postwar romance wanes as marriages birth rates shift nationwide
Washington reports 427,319 marriage licenses issued in Q1 1947, down 20 percent from 1946. The postwar boom tied to GI romances peaked in 1945–46 with record marriage totals. 1946 births remained high but declined from late 1946 peaks. Divorces per 100 marriages fell from 31 in 1945 to 27 in 1946.
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Washington
National Office of Vital Statistics
Europe
Open House for Kenosha pheasant farm next Sunday
Kenosha County Conservation Club invites sportsmen and residents to a 1:30 p m open house at the game farm on Highway 50 ten miles west of the city. Edward Quinn says 1,800 day old pheasants are being raised and will be released to improve wildlife.
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Kenosha County Conservation Club
Highway 50
Edward Quinn
The
Conservation Club
Kenosha
Wisconsin
State Conservation Department
Quinn
Leo Peterson
Poynette
Kenoshans
Shipbuilder and financier James E. Davidson dies at 81
James E. Davidson, 81, a prominent Michigan ship builder and financier, died after a brief illness in Bay City. A major Republican figure, he never held elective office but served as national GOP committeeman from 1923 to 1940 and was named to the St. Lawrence Waterway Commission by President Coolidge in 1924.
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Bay City
Mich
James E. Davidson
Davidson
Michigan
Republican Party
GOP
St. Lawrence Waterway Commission
Coolidge
May and Garssons Sentenced in War Bribery Case
Former congressman Andrew J. May receives eight months to two years in prison for accepting sixty thousand dollars in bribes while wartime chair of the House military affairs committee. The Garsson brothers receive similar terms. The sentence followed a lengthy trial with testimony from 100 witnesses including Marshall, Eisenhower, and Patterson.
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Garssons
Washington
Andrew J. May
House
May
Murray
Henry Garsson
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Kentucky
Congress
Schweinhaut
Garsson Brothers
House Military Committee
Marshall
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Patterson
Republicans concede defeat in long vote fraud fight
A sunrise adjournment ended an 18 hour 12 minute Senate session as GOP leaders conceded defeat on pressing for an inquiry into Attorney General Clark over Kansas City vote fraud charges. Democratic opposition prevailed, and the party planned to adjourn for the year while proceeding with needed appropriations.
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Washington
Senate
Clark
Kansas City
Kem
R-Mo
Congress
Wherry
Neb
GOP
Taft
McCarran
D-Ney
MecCarran
House Unit OKs Plan to Train Youths for War
The House Armed Services committee adopted a universal military training bill 20 to 0. It would require six months of basic training for all American males after turning 18 followed by another six months of reserve or ROTC style training. The bill heads for the House calendar with no current plan for immediate floor action.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Walter G. Andrews
R.-N.y
House
Congress
Truman
National Guard
ROTC
Greek Forces Repel Guerrilla Attack on Grevena
Greek government forces using rocket planes and artillery repelled a guerrilla assault on Grevena in the Pindus hills near the Albanian border. Intelligence says 1200 to 1500 attackers with heavy weapons struck at 3 am, with authorities claiming the guerrillas were decimated.
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Athens
War Ministry
Grevena
Pindus Mountain
Mount Grammos
Konitsa
United Nations
Ioannina
U. N
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Dodgers-Card Game Replayed by National League President
National League president Ford Frick ordered a replay of the disputed Dodgers vs Cardinals game at Ebbetts Field on Aug 18. The game had ended 3-2 for Brooklyn, with Ed Northey ruled out at the plate after a disputed call. The replay keeps individual records. one Brooklyn win and one Cardinal loss are removed for standings adjustments.
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New York
Ford Frick
National League Today
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Ebbetts Field
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Ron Northey
Beans Rearsdon
Reardon
Cardinal
Frick
Dodgers
Boston Braves
Indictments Point to Atomic Secrets Case
Federal grand jury returns indictments against two ex soldiers for stealing atomic secrets. Alexander von Der Luft, 23, Princeton student, and Earnest D. Wallis, 34, Chicago photographer, discharged from the army after Los Alamos service. FBI seized 14 written items and 10 photographs. They face charges of taking and concealing government property with bonds set at 10000 dollars.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Alexander von der Luft
Princeton University
Mt. Lebanon
Earnest D. Wallis
Chicago
U. S. At
Strike at Murray Corp Halts Ford Mercury Lincoln Output
A Murray Corporation of America strike stops Ford Motor production of Mercury and Lincoln autos. Murray supplies Ford with frames and bodies, forcing an indefinite suspension at Ford plants.
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Detroit
U.P
Murray Corporation of America
Ford Motor Company
Mercury
Lincoln
Murray
Ford
Part Payment Tax Deadline Comes July 31
Kenosha officials warn that the third installment for 1947 real estate taxes is due July 31. With $2,559,840 total tax roll and only about $80,000 outstanding, City Finance Officer B A Herrmann expects 98 percent collected before the deadline. Delinquents face 0.8 percent monthly penalties from August onward, calculated on January 1 balances. The roll exceeds last year by $257,324 due to higher mill rates and valuations.
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B. A. Herrmann
Kenoshans
Herrmann
Pullback on Credit Controls Seen by Novem ber First
Washington predicts return to unrestricted installment buying by November as President Truman may lift curbs earlier. Compromise bill to end credit limits passed the House and moves to the Senate with White House approval expected. Fed board forecasts Truman will remove restraints unless Congress acts. Current rules cap down payments and 15 month repayment for items like autos radios and refrigerators.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Bishop Protests Marriages In Elliott Roosevelt Affair
Bishop Manning of New York criticizes remarriage approvals in Michigan and Lexington in a Living Church letter. He cites Elliott Roosevelt’s first wife and Dean O Ferrall’s remarriage as challenges to church standards, naming dioceses and noting the Detroit wedding of Benedict Hanson and Isabelle Morrill.
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New York
William T. Manning
Living Church
Elliott Roosevelt
Protestant Episcopal Church
Diocese of
Kirk B. O'Ferrall
St. Paul's Cathedral
Detroit
Manning
Michigan
Lexington
Thomas A. Sparks
Cathedral of
St. John ‘the Divine
Benedict Henry Hanson
Baltimore
Dean O’ferrall
Isabelle W. Morrill
Large Kenosha Shrine golf jamboree marks 1947 gathering
More than 300 Shriners and Master Masons from southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois attended the Kenosha Shrine club golf tournament and jamboree at Maplecrest Country club. Fred Leach of Burlington won with a 74 gross score. K T Savage and John P. Dixon of Kenosha were runners-up.
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Wisconsin
Northern Illinois
Kenosha Shrine Club
Maplecrest Country Club
Kenosha
Maplecrest
Waukesha
Ray E. Fitch
Tripoli Temple
Milwaukee
Fred Leach
Burlington
K. T. Savage
John P. Dixon
Lewis Turner Jr
Otto Zahn
Ludwig Presterl
Gould Jones
George H. Rohr, Jr
H. R. Kelsey
Clarence Goodman
Lloyd Landgren
Orville Leonard
H. R. Costley
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Central Junior High School
Small Girls
Dems
Bulletin
Bishop
Elliott
Parson
Shriner
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